Annabelle 'Annie' Dyer

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Name: Beth
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CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Annabelle 'Annie' Dyer
Age: 18
World Information: Annie comes from a world much like ours. The only serious differences that create a big divergence is that she isn't currently having to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. That's a very different kind of horror than I wanted to have her deal with. The supernatural is real in her world. The supernatural isn't something that most people know about. The kind of evil the average person would have to deal with in Annie's world would normally be made by humanity or just dealing with humans being awful. This is because as man became more advanced things like faeries and vampires started to have to try to hide out more due to how quickly the world was changing. For them it was strictly a survival tactic that spread throughout the supernatural world.

Monsters still lurk in the dark. Most of them are too busy doing their own thing to care much for what humanity is doing. Others are starting to get angry instead as their natural habitats are slowly becoming poisoned or destroyed more and more due to humanities various industries.

Character Information: Annabelle Dyer was born to a happily married and very wealthy American couple. Her father is the kind of man to literally run the local major industry for their county towards the coast of Maine. Due to complications during her birth her parents discovered it would be impossible for them to easily have another child again. At least not without huge risks. They decided to instead of putting her mother in possible danger in the future just to focus their efforts in making Annabelle the perfect heir.

She had to deal with a mixture of both of her parents being strict and having high expectations from the time she was entering kindergarten on ward. They did however indulge her when she came home from school one day begging them to let her join a gymnastics class one of her new friends telling her about it. Annabelle was allowed to join it largely because her mother became quick and fast friends with her new friend's Mom. It was great for both girls. She and Katie were convinced this was going to be the start of something awesome and it was.

Through Katie Annabelle started to blossom and made friends with other girls. They had so much fun together that year. Annabelle herself discovered throughout grade school that she loved being social. She just had to balance that with always being on top of things to keep her parents happy.

Throughout her middle school years she had natural ups and downs with her friends. Mostly it was because naturally all of the girls were dealing with various problems both at home and in school. Annie feared loosing out of her friends who kept her from going crazy due to the pressures her parents placed on her to be the best. For Annie both fifth and sixth grade were a highly emotionally charged time. Once things started to calm down it felt better just for a tiny bit. It certainly didn't help her that during seventh grade her Mother made her join the cheerleading team. If it wasn't for Katie and their friend Danielle promising to try out as well Annie would have had a very rough time. Her parents were under the false assumption that it was Annie showing leadership qualities that had her friends following her onto the squad.

It was during that time Annie did have to learn to assert herself. She noticed the older eighth grade girls were down right vicious and refused to let them mess with her best friends. The harder they pushed her friends socially the harder Annie pushed back. That was when she even 'adopted' a rather shy girl named Megan into her circle of friends. She had seen how the other girl was relentlessly bullied and decided no one was going to do that. Not on her watch.

Megan got folded very neatly into the friend group. Katie and Danielle actually liked her which made Annie happy as could be. It was during that time they also started regularly having Friday night sleep overs. It was mostly at Katie's house because her folks were far more welcoming. They would stay up late talking about boys and watching different movies that they could find. They especially had a weird fondness for old horror movies in spite of the fact it scared the crap out of them.

It was these weekly traditions and rituals with her friends that made going to high school easy.

Even with her best friends Annie had a rough start. She was told by her parents that only straight A's were acceptable. Annie hated that so much because classes like art were a big struggle for her. She was nice, good at talking, and Annie thought she was a decent athlete but for her folks that just wasn't enough.

The stress was eating Annie up. She spent most of her time trying to not just scream at it all. Something had to give. What happened though was a new boy moved to town with his folks. Dylan was the first boy who really caught Annie's attention. Sophomore year on she and Dylan were suddenly it. She thought she was in love with the boy who loved photography and film as much as she loved her Cheer squad.

During her Junior year Annie is able to make the Varsity team for the cheerleading squad. She makes the grades she wants finally. It felt like magic to her. She thought she had everything she wanted. Dylan made her so happy she even tried talking her parents into maybe helping him out with getting into the college he was talking about.

She was excited because it wasn't that far from the College she was looking at. Annie thought it was just perfect. She could have her top choice and the cute guy.

Senior year should have been her dream year. Instead of the thing of dreams her worst nightmares just started. Slowly but surely all her friends started to go missing. As it happened Annie slowly started to get more angry. These were her favorite people. It felt like no one but Dylan cared.

He kept asking how she felt. She poured her heart out about what was going on in her head. When the bodies started washing up and Annie started hearing details due to how small a town it was Annie had to keep restraining herself. She let Dylan tell her everything was going to be okay.

It was a damn lie but Annie needed it after Katie's funeral. It damn near broke her watching them put her best friend to rest.

What followed was months of trying to find out what did her friends in. Annie didn't think it was human. Nothing would stop her from revenge for the tragic loss of Katie, Danielle, and Megan. Her friends wouldn't be forgotten by her.

It was late April when the truth came out. Annie had been invited to go meet Dylan before a big after school rally. It was supposed to be a way to try and remember the people who had been lost that year. Annie didn't want to be late but Dylan made it sound important.

It was for him. Apparently he had been working to appease a powerful sea monster. He wanted a boon from this thing. It demanded a good story enacted for it. The deaths of her friends were to appeal to the monster but it demanded something precious to finish the story off. It was then Annie finally screamed. It wasn't out of fear but pure rage. How dare he kill her friends for power. She attacked him with every intention of feeding him to the monster he was serving. Annie refused to go down without a fight.

Dylan hadn't expected her to fight back. He thought he had cowed her with her own grief. She barely was able to push him over the edge of the pier he had lured her out onto. She was at first horrified with the fact she just threw her boyfriend down to the waiting monster, but then she found herself weirdly okay with the vengeance she just took. He deserved it she told herself. He had been the real monster between the two of them.

Personality:

Due to Annie's parents pushing her to be the best from an early age Annie has this drive to always try and get better every day at whatever she may be working on. Of course on that same note if she can't get it right away Annie will start to beat herself up due to a drive to always be the best. Annie has difficulty accepting failure is a part of learning to succeed. This won't stop her from continuing but it does create a lot of internalized frustration in her. Annie also is aware that she is almost always frustrated with herself over something. Depending on how much she feels pressured to succeed at something will also play into her current levels of frustration.

Annie usually finds ways to vent her frustration with herself that she thinks are healthy. She will hop on a tread mill and put a playlist on to keep moving until she is either tired or feeling less angry at herself. Either way Annie feels like doing this gives her some control over that sharp edge she can feel inside of herself. If anything this feeling of control makes it easier for Annie to face the world.

Annie is an enthusaist for a lot of things largely due to just how much exposure she has had to the world so far. She enjoys music, dancing with her friends, and older movies. Anything with lots of pep and color will have her all over it. Annie has a strong love for bright cheery things that are over the top when it comes to music. For example she loves 1980s New Wave bands like Duran Duran but also enjoys newer pop artists like Sia or Ke$ha.

For movies, she has a very broad taste. Musicals that she can belt out the songs to while using a hair brush as a prop for a microphone to sing with. This is of course where her playful goofy side comes out. Something about musicals wakes up Annie's deeply buried inner child.

She also does enjoy really terrible old horror movies. There is something to be said about getting to yell at the television when other people are making terrible choices that is a deeply satisfying to her.

Annie doesn't have a lot of things she is afraid of. She knows that there are some things a girl should just be scared of, but she tends to find reasons not to get too nervous or frightened by normal fears. Jump scares with make her pull back slightly. However, when it comes to physical danger Annie for reasons she can't quite figure out tends to get very angry. How dare anyone think they can just get away with it. If a person is putting Annie in physical danger for whatever reason Annie just finds herself angry that they would even think to hurt her. Although if anyone were to figure out that she has been quietly battling depression on her own that would actually scare her. The idea of having that under close scrutiny would be enough to send Annie into a cold sweat.

Love and affection are very important to Annie. Her parents may have been pushing her all the time but Annie never doubted their love for her. If she did need help she knew that they were there for her. That was exactly why when she started making friends Annie figured out how to express her affection for them. She was never afraid to let them know she cared. The idea of someone not having a friend to tell them how awesome they were actually bothered Annie, so she did strive to make sure everyone around her knew they were valued.

The idea of not having people to care about does make Annie a bit sad. She hasn't quite realized this is because she is a people pleaser.

Annie would be the first to admit that hate doesn't come easy to her. Anger is an easier emotion for her to understand. Annie gets how hot it makes her blood feel and how sometimes she just wants to rip someone to shreds. She doesn't think she can physically do that or get away with it so going after them verbally while poking and needling at any weaknesses she can see suits her just fine. Thankfully she has learned just when it is okay to really let loose on someone when she is well and truly angry with them.

Control is just so important to her after all. Rage gets to be on her terms not theirs. It is even worse if she is caught off guard with her anger. The loss of control still gets to her on a deeply personal level.

True hate is one of those things for Annie where someone has to do things that are so terrible she cannot bring herself to look past it. Once a line has been crossed Annie cannot forgive them and if she can't just drop them from her life while severing ties that is when hate comes into play. The line would be if they had betrayed her trust on a profound level or caused an injury whether emotional or physical to someone Annie loves. (For example Annie hates her boyfriend Dylan now that she knows what he did and was willing to do to her. She would have broken up with him properly had she not been defending herself from him.)

Annie is prone to feeling blue. She has moments where she wants the world to just shut up. She used to get blue before everything started to feel like she was no longer in control. The idea of not being able to control her own destiny does make her both angry and sad in a way that just leaves her feeling emotionally drained. Annie has gotten good at putting on a mask when these moods hit. It certainly doesn't help Annie that with the loss of all of her closest friends has left her with a gaping emotional wound. Currently, this is her first time dealing with grief and it is having a huge toll on her due to her genuinely missing her friends and having no idea how to deal it all. Eventually she will figure out how to process it but for now she has to deal with the roller coaster ride that comes with trying to deal with both grief and depression at the same time.


Even with her periods of depression that Annie is working on she does mostly have good days. She likes being a cheer leader now. She loves being around lots of people and is a very social creature. Being around people she cares about brings her joy. She enjoys meeting new people too because you never know when you'll meet your new best friend. At the very least Annie wants to be sure that at any point she is always presenting her best face to people she may meet.

5-10 Key Character Traits:
Driven
Presence
Genre Savvy
Gallows Humor
Outgoing
Perfectionism
Sheltered
Dramatic
Entitlement
Interlazied Anger
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